PSY30400 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Part 9
Chapter 5: Short-Term Memory and Working Memory
o Concluded the working memory must be dynamic and must consist of a number
of components that can function separately:
▪ 3. Central Executive:
• where the major work of working memory occurs
• traffic cop of working memory system
• Pulls information from LTM and coordinates the activity of the
phonological loop and visuospatial sketch pad by focusing on
specific parts of a task and deciding how to divide attention
between different tasks
• Example: imagine you are driving a car, a friend is reading you
directions, and the radio is playing
o Phonological loop = taking in VERBAL directions
o Visuospatial = visualizing a map of the streets
o Central Executive = coordinating and combining these
kinds of information together
▪ also helping you to ignore messages from the radio
so you can focus your attention on driving
• The Phonological Loop:
o Phonological Similarity Effect:
▪ the confusion of letters and words that sound similar
▪ Conrad:
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